---
title: 'Background'
sidebarTitle: 'Background'
description: 'Optional component for configuring the background beyond the default themes'
---

## Description

The Background component is configurable via props and can be passed to the Svelvet component as a child.

```jsx App.svelte
<script>
	import { Background, Node, Svelvet } from 'svelvet';
    import CustomEdge from './CustomEdge.svelte'
</script>

<Svelvet controls minimap>
    <Node />
    <Background dotColor="red" bgColor="black" gridWidth={40} dotSize={3} slot="background" />
</Svelvet>
```

<Note>When passing the Background component to Svelvet, you must specify slot="background"</Note>

## Props

<ResponseField name="gridWidth" type="number" default="22">
	Pixel value representing space between dots at default scale.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="dotSize" type="number" default="1.4">
	Pixel value representing the size of each grid point at default scale.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="bgColor" type="CSS Color String" default="theme dependent">
	Primary background color.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="dotColor" type="CSS Color String" default="theme dependent">
	Primary dot color.
</ResponseField>
